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rump

Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌmp/

The English word “rump” has 9 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The hindquarters of a four-legged mammal, not including its legs
  2. A cut of meat from the rump of an animal.
  3. The buttocks.
  4. A remnant, as in Rump Parliament.

verb

  1. To turn one's back on, to show one's (clothed) backside to, as a sign of disrespect.
  2. To fuck. (Compare bum (verb).)
  3. To cheat.
  4. To ramble; to move (or talk) aimlessly.
  5. To move (someone or something) around.

Etymology

From Middle English rumpe, from Old Norse rumpr (“rump”), from Middle Low German rump (“the bulk or trunk of a body, trunk of a tree”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rumpō (“trunk of a tree, log”). The ultimate origin could be related to Proto-Germanic *hrimpaną (“to wrinkle”) (Dutch rimpel and German rümpfen (“to wrinkle”)); outside of Germanic, compare Ancient Greek ῥάμφος (rhámphos, “crooked…

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